The Importance of How We Define Evaluation with Amy Gullickson
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The Importance of How We Define Evaluation with Amy Gullickson

In this interview, I speak with Amy Gullickson, acting Co-Director and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Program Evaluation at Melbourne Graduate School of Education. She is also Chair of the International Society for Evaluation Education. We talk about what is the best definition of evaluation and why it is important to have a clear definition. Amy…

Evaluation’s Role in Guiding Public Policy and Government with Rakesh Mohan

Evaluation’s Role in Guiding Public Policy and Government with Rakesh Mohan

Rakesh Mohan has been the director of the Office of Performance Evaluations (OPE) an independent and nonpartisan agency of the Idaho State Legislature, since 2002. We cover important issues related to evaluation and how evaluation can guiding government and public policy.       Under Rakesh’s direction, the office has received many awards, including the…

Holly Rustick on Grant Writing Lessons Learned

Holly Rustick on Grant Writing Lessons Learned

James Pann, Ph.D., interviews Holly Rustick to get her insights into the grant writing and management from her years of experience doing this work, her work training others to do it, and her podcast interviews. We discuss:  – Common themes or lessons she has learned from the 120+ podcast episodes completed – Suggested first steps…

Utilization-Focused Evaluation with Michael Quinn Patton

Utilization-Focused Evaluation with Michael Quinn Patton

In this episode, I interview Michael Quinn Patton on Utilization-Focused Evaluation. “What don’t you know, that if you did know, would make a difference to what you do.” Utilization-Focused Evaluation with Michael Quinn Patton, Ph.D. “What don’t you know, that if you did know, would make a difference to what you do?” The importance of…

Purpose-Driven Data Visualization with Alberto Cairo

Purpose-Driven Data Visualization with Alberto Cairo

ALBERTO CAIRO, PH.D., INTERVIEWED BY JAMES PANN, PH.D.     Alberto responds to the following questions during the recording: 00:00 – Introduction 01:24 – Data visualization and it’s importance 07:18 – Patterns that you find yourself repeating when creating visual data 15:30 – Situations in which annotations would be used to explain findings 18:53 –…

Robert Garelick, Executive Director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Rocky Mountain Chapter

Robert Garelick, Executive Director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Rocky Mountain Chapter

Data Talks podcast episode 2 is now ready for your listening pleasure. On Data Talks we explore how people from a wide variety of disciplines use data to make professional and personal decisions. This episode is with Robert Garelick, Executive Director